"Weige, we lost."

As soon as the second complaint ended, Jeffrey Carsonberg personally called Ye Wei.

The complaint was conducted at the MPAA Los Angeles headquarters. Representatives of both parties attended the rating committee and film dealers. After listening to the arguments of both parties, the complaint committee members were voted to decide whether to overturn the original rating. Only by obtaining support from more than two-thirds of the votes can the complaint be successful.

Because DreamWorks never wanted to make such a big deal, LMS's first two complaints were sent by the Issuing Department, but did not let Ye Wei go. What I was afraid of was that the matter was over-attention by the outside world, which led to the failure of the MPAA's complaint. But now it still happened...

What Katzenberg said about losing is not just this complaint, but the whole thing. "MPAA has shown its attitude, and we can only lose."

"Jeff." Ye Weiyi suppressed anger and silence on the phone, and then said: "Let's make another complaint. I'm going to attend this time, and I've always been prepared for this situation."

"It's useless, it's not good for us to continue making trouble like this."

"The reason is that we are now, people support us, and the petition signature I initiated online has already responded to, 100,000 people! This is not a small number."

"The controversy caused by this storm on LMS has already reached an uncontrollable level. Now, even if we get PG-13, in the eyes of many people, it is also a movie that has changed from R-level to PG-13. This is negative for family audiences. If it gets bigger, no one knows what the consequences will be. Moreover, we don't have much time left. The film will be released in a month, and there is still so much work to do, so we can't delay the progress by ratings."

Katsenberg sighed and said, "Wige, I don't like to be so angry, this is how life is."

“…I need a personal complaint, otherwise I will be depressed for the rest of my life.”

"You should think more about yourself. When you reach this point, people like you and go further, and you may hate you."

"I can't control whether people like me or not; I don't want me to be hated by myself, I can control it. Jeff, maybe you hate my youthful frivolity, that's OK."

"I envy you for your moral character when you were young. Okay, I'll appeal again. I hope a miracle will happen, but this matter will be resolved within a week. During this period, you have to make an alternative version of LMS. If you still lose the case, you will be sent to the film for retrial immediately. We must get the PG-13 level."

"Thank you! I'll be ready."

"Easy boy, no matter what, we still have to deal with MPAA. This time, next time, it's been a long time."

"I know." Ye Wei's words were full of determination, "Whether you win or lose, I just want to tell everyone and tell yourself that MPAA's other guy is wrong!"

...

When MPAA announced the results of LMS's second complaint, the outside world exploded again! Online media can report immediately, "despicable", "bad", "corrupt institutions that do whatever they want", "only care about face and regardless of right or wrong", "ignoring public opinion and public opinion" and other curses blasted at MPAA.

David Chen, co-editor of slashfilm.com, commented: "This will only allow more people to join the condemnation of the MPAA. In today's era, we don't need a 'grandma' to control our movies. The reform of the MPAA is really imminent."

"MPAA has become synonymous with stupidity. It has no interest in my heart or yours, only the interest groups it serves. Even if it is not done well, they have done things too ugly."

Yahoo Film Review stated that "with the anger of almost the entire film industry, MPAA still dares to respond arrogantly, exposing the long-term lack of supervision of the organization. Every abuse of power is an offense to the whole people." Hollywood.com said that "incredible, regretful, angry," and the satirical film review website Mr.Cranky commented that "MPAA is terrible! It hasn't taken a shower once in 1983 years? No wonder it can smell so smelly!"...

Fans and fans are already outraged, "I only knew that there is such a disgusting institution today." "Does we live in a democratic country or a dictatorship?" "Look at how many people have been accusing the MPAA recently, and do people think that VIY is making trouble? "I want to take MPAA to court, and those Bastards should go to jail!"...

Many independent filmmakers are also very angry. If they add up the FUCK they scolded, it will definitely not be just 27 or 300 times.

The happy thing is that the Weihei. They don’t care about MPAA. They only know that Ye Wei lost, so they can laugh at him: "That’s right, tell him whose territory it is. He is just a shit!", "Any rating is good. I won’t watch this trash movie, just let it disappear.", "LOL, this really makes me happy, HAHAHAHAHA!"...

And all those who love and support Ye Wei frowned when they heard the news, some cursed, some sighed, some worried, some thoughts, some thoughts, some turned around?

Many people learned two news at the same time. On Wednesday evening, the 12th, DreamWorks issued a press release to the media, announcing that it had submitted an application for the third complaint. This time, Ye Wei will attend the appeal meeting in person.

The media were surprised by this. It is logical that DreamWorks can do it. It is rare to appeal twice. No one does this for the third complaint because the MPAA cannot slap himself anymore, never. Ye Wei's attendance is exciting, but what can a 17-year-old boy change? If he had eloquence, why didn't he attend before?

At the same time, MPAA is really unwilling to let this storm continue. If time goes on, it will hurt LMS, but it will also hurt MPAA, because it gives film manufacturers plenty of time to continue to promote public opinion, conduct trial screenings to attract support, etc., and the online petition has alarmed the mainstream media around the world.

So the sooner the tranquil, the better. The next day, the MPAA said to the outside world: "In view of the current public expectations, we decided to accept this complaint, but this is the last complaint and retrial of the current version of "Sunshine Little Beauty". After this time, we will not accept the current version."

It was also announced that after consultation with DreamWorks, the third complaint meeting will be held on Friday, 14:00 pm tomorrow, the 14th, which means that it will accompany you to a formality.

Regarding the media’s accusations against MPAA, Howard Ganttman said that MPAA is planning to release its complete rating rules, policies, procedures, and appeal procedures, which also means that tomorrow? The appeal will continue to be unblocked. Media reporters who are interested can come to watch it, so don’t say that MPAA is opaque.

With the common wishes of both sides, everything was so rapid. The storm changed day by day, and the outside world could not report it. People just learned about the new situation and arrived on the 14th.

On Ventura Avenue, Sherman Oaks District, Los Angeles, the MPAA headquarters building was filled with a deep atmosphere that morning.

61-year-old MPAA chairman Dan Glickman (former USDA Secretary, took office last year), CARA chairman Joan Grave and other big names are all facing a great enemy, not afraid of Ye Wei's child, but are concerned about the participation of the media.

However, they have a purpose to invite the media to attend. The pressure on public opinion is too great, so MPAA cannot do anything to protect its reputation and let the media attend the appeal meeting, and then refute the LMS to speak up. They were just like that in the first two complaints, so that they can save face and shut up the outside world.

Ye Wei? Although he is a child prodigy, he is just a teenager. He certainly doesn't know that what is waiting for him is actually a trap, ensuring that he walks out of the court in shame.

It was approaching 2 pm, and the huge appeal court was full. In fact, many seats were added, so the audience seats behind seemed overcrowded.

Today, 18 full-numbered members of the Classification-and-Rating-Appeals-Board were present. They were sitting on the left of the court, with 11 men and 7 women. At first glance, they were all middle-aged people over 30 years old, and their faces were serious.

Most of these people come from six major studios, and there are also several from theaters and exhibitors. They are not the staff of the previous two complaint meetings, but are the first time they are exposed to LMS cases.

The judge who presided over the appeal was Jim De Roller, a decent middle-aged man who was not wearing a judge's robe, had a black suit.

And directly opposite the judge's table at the top was the seats of both parties. The rating committee staff sat on the right, with a luxurious lineup of 11 people, including Chairman Joan Grave. This middle-aged and elderly woman was dressed in green clothes and black pants, and her makeup could not hide her old face. She was very calm and could not tell what she was thinking.

There are also 5 full-time members and 5 amateur members, all of whom regard themselves as parents and do not disclose personal information. Only they have confirmed that they have rated many movies.

Sitting on the left is the LMS film company staff, with a 6-person lineup. The youngest Ye Wei was the youngest. He sat in the middle of the first row, with jeans, a white T-shirt and a red and black Harvard-West Lake Football Team Armani sports jacket, with a capital S and his name in front. He also looked calm, and there was a large stack of file materials and laptops on the table in front of him.

Sitting on both sides of Ye Wei were Terley Price, Peter Huller, Michael Arndt, attorney Salton and secretary assistant Cindy.

A little further down there were rows of media reporters sitting there. Because the complaints were not allowed to be filmed and recorded, they were all holding paper and pen to make records, with a strong aura of waiting.

At this time, the atmosphere in the court was almost depressing. Everyone knew that this was a decisive battle, but there was nothing to talk about. The nature of the appeal in this court was far lower than the struggle of public opinion.

Tick ​​tick tick, when 2:00 pm, the appeal meeting began, and the half-year-old reporters also started to write quickly.

Judge De Rosel first explained the background of the case and the main views of both parties in the previous two complaints, and then said: "Now both parties can speak."

As soon as he finished speaking, Joan Grave raised his right hand, Ye Wei did not argue, the woman chairman stood up, with a kind face, and said in a steady voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is not complicated. We have stipulated that the erotic-emotion-related words in a movie can only be used in non-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion-emotion

She looked at Ye Wei and others to the left, clearly scolding them for making unreasonable fuss: "LMS has 27 F words, why do some people think it should be level PG-13? We do things according to regulations and do not set precedents for any video. What is wrong with this?"

"Movie ratings are very complicated." Joan Grave turned to look at the reporters, and said to them in a misunderstood and wronged tone: "Because every movie is different, sometimes there may be only one shot in a movie that does not meet the standards, and that shot can have a great adverse impact on children and adolescents, so we will consider rating restrictions.

It is not that the number of violations is small and the total score is low, which can determine whether the film is suitable for children to watch. In terms of ratings, a 'NG' is the full film 'NG'. So it seems that we do not have a unified standard. But don't forget that flexibility is everyone's requirement for us. If everything is only according to the deadly regulations, the problem will be very serious."

The appeal committee members nodded silently when they heard this. It was difficult for the reporters to be dissatisfied with these words. The truth is indeed this...

"Once we flexibly rate, it is difficult to have the same scale. The key is what we are pursuing? It is always the first priority for children's physical and mental health."

Joan Grave spoke sincerely, almost burst into tears of grievance, sighed: "In terms of the LMS case, an inappropriate sexual discussion, 27 swear words such as F words, parents ask themselves, how is this suitable for teenagers to watch alone? It is not suitable for flexibility, and it does not meet the standards in terms of regulations. What is it not R-level?"

She asked this again, and the 10 rating committee members around her looked aggrieved and sad. She looked at Ye Wei and others and continued:

"If we are unfair, we accepted LMS's three complaints and conducted research on every illegal line. If we have any bias against Mr. Ye, there are also a lot of blasphemy in "The Marriage is Coming". Because it is harmless and meets the standards, we gave PG-13. We never target anyone. I'm finished."

As Joan Grave finished speaking and sat down, the court suddenly fell into silence, with only the sound of flipping the paper and the sound of the pen slashing.

Although the reporters are looking to LMS, Grave's words make sense, humane, professional, and seem to be impeccable... If Ye Wei and others did not have a good rebuttal, it would be really difficult to speak up. In fact, everyone has predicted that MPAA will not be easy to deal with, and Ye Wei?

Everyone became less confident and didn't know whether VIY's eloquence was really good or public relations... Is it really okay to rely on him for a 17-year-old guy?

You can see Ye Wei's expressionless face from the side. Could it be that he was scared? He didn't expect any counterattack if he was not prepared. And his assistants all looked solemn...

"Do you have anything to say?" Judge De Basil looked at the LMS side.
Chapter completed!